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Noun: rector  rek-tu(r)
  1. A person authorized to conduct religious worship
    "clergymen are usually called rectors in Protestant churches";
    - curate, minister of religion, minister, parson, pastor
     
  2. The head of an educational institution, e.g. a university

Derived forms: rectors

Type of: clergyman, man of the cloth, reverend

Encyclopedia: Rector, Missouri

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